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NOVEMBER 24, 2010

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KoMarketing Associates

AUGUST 22, 2012

As Q3 draws to a close, B2B marketers are already thinking ahead to 2013, strategizing about what’s worked thus far in 2012—and what hasn’t. In 2012, 67 percent of survey respondents cited customer acquisition/lead gen, with 20 percent indicating they are more focused on brand awareness than they had been previously.

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Marketing Insider Group

SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

Now I’m not sure most B2B marketers truly consider lead generation as their primary focus but I do agree that we B2B Marketers spend considerable amounts of time and money on tracking and measuring lead generation metrics. This one has a puzzling contradiction (see #3).

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 15, 2010

During my presentation titled Lead Generation Programs That Work I walked through the 5 Steps to Achieve Lead Generation ROI. I defined the top tactics for driving leads in today’s environment and listed those that aren’t working as well as they used to. How do you balance the need for quantity of leads vs quantity?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 11, 2010

The post is called B2B Social Media Strategy – 5 Steps to Gain Executive Buy-in and will show you how to develop your company’s B2B social media strategy. That Is A Lot Of Time Spent Online Using Social Media The 7 Burning B2B Social Media Questions Why Do You Tweet? Augmented Reality For B2B Marketing in 2011?"

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 3, 2010

If we pay close attention to avoid the common mistakes, content marketing can drive leads that are more relevant, targeted and qualified than a traditional outbound push. So here are my 6 tips for creating content that drives the leads that sales wants… Define your audience on their terms not yours. Know them all.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 12, 2010

We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. We discussed the great lead quality vs. lead quantity debate. And when quality is required, you need to be able to deliver leads that convert. The debate often goes like this: Sales wants more leads. So marketing sends more.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 18, 2010

To help out my fellow B2B marketers, here is a list of 7 common mistakes that B2B marketers make when jumping feet first into social media marketing. For B2B companies, social media is more about interaction and knowledge sharing (think whitepapers, videos, thought leadership blogs, etc.).

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 18, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 1, 2010

I wish I knew all the secrets so I could transform the world of B2B Marketing forever with a tell-all book. What I do know is that B2B Marketers have a ton of options today. In this post, I will offer a preview of the thoughts I will deliver during the Focus Interactive Summit on Progressive B2B Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 7, 2010

The session will be moderated by David Rosen, Chief of B2B Social Media at Makovsky + Company. We will be discussing what the PRSA is calling “ The Forbidden Dance: B2B and Social Media ”. This is an area of opportunity for B2B companies and needs to be managed very carefully. Why the alluring title of “The Forbidden Dance”?

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. When I see B2B Marketers who have forgotten that we serve customers and create marketing campaigns with little research into customer needs or pains or the words they use to express their pains, it makes me crazy.

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Marketing Insider Group

AUGUST 3, 2010

My sister blog B2C Marketing Insider recently ran this article called Where Search Meets Social: Integrating Social Media into Organic and Paid Search Can Generate Exponential ROI written by Kent Lewis, President and Founder of Social Media and Marketing agencies Anvil Media and Formic Media. Need to Drive Leads?

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 13, 2010

In this post I will review a whitepaper produced last month by Toolbox.com in conjunction with PJA Advertising + Marketing called “ Top 5 Trends in B2B Social Media Usage: What Every Marketer Should Know “ (registration required) on social media usage. and “ what can we achieve ?”

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy.

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 4, 2010

The curious and cautious B2B buyers B2B buyers are curious about how a product can make life easier and business better; however, they are also more cautious when making purchases because a mistake can be costly both for the company and their career. This all means the B2B sales cycle is often very lengthy.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 12, 2010

Online lead generation is one of the best ways to identify customers early in the journey and produce a solid and predictable return on investment. Marketing needs to be the engine to identify qualified leads for sales. I will say it here: every B2B marketer should know how to do this. Why is this important?

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 5, 2010

Okay, so my objectives for B2B Marketing Insider are: Have a stake in my personal brand’s online presence. When I see B2B Marketers who have forgotten that we serve customers and create marketing campaigns with little research into customer needs or pains or the words they use to express their pains, it makes me crazy.

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Online Marketing Institute

DECEMBER 23, 2010

MEMBER LOGIN > | BECOME A MEMBER > Column: Strictly Business B2B Hubs Or PPC? Are All Leads Created Equal? Mar 17, 2010 at 11:34am ET by Andy Komack B2B companies crave leads. Good leads. Quality leads. This is about the leads paid for in the RFQ model. But, are all leads created equal?

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 2, 2010

Some creative marketers call these lists suspects. Inbound marketeering requires 2 simple things: First you need to be found and that requires the basic techniques of understanding how prospects search and the keywords they use. Do these 2 things and you will find valuable leads. To sales, they are a waste of time.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 16, 2010

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DECEMBER 16, 2010

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ViewPoint

JANUARY 26, 2012

Ruth is also author of Maximizing Lead Generation: The Complete Guide for B2B Marketers. But what are the most effective outbound marketing channels for kicking off a business relationship? Let me go out on a limb and propose the top five media for your lead generation toolkit. Every business needs new customers.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 5, 2010

You can review both How To Align Marketing With Sales and Marketing Leads: Quality Vs. Quantity for more detail on the emerging need for marketing to drive real sales and to quantify efforts. Late last week, I responded to a post by my new friend Adam Needles, VP Marketing of Left Brain Marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

MAY 3, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 19, 2010

There are 3rd party companies that boast the “Immediate warm transfer” of a prospect searching your web site, but this is not always the case, and can be costly. You will see a diminishing return on every call made outside of 48 hours, and after 7 days you will see a 60-70% drop in leads generated.

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Hubspot

AUGUST 9, 2011

In its Focus Research Study Marketers' Benchmarks 2011 , Focus uncovers some interesting data around present and future best performing marketing tactics. Inbound Marketing on the Rise. With an investment by 32 percent of marketers, inbound marketing is far ahead of other marketing tactics like marketing automation.

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JUNE 22, 2010

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AUGUST 5, 2010

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Online Marketing Institute

APRIL 4, 2011

Real-Time Activity Stream 5 Steps for Crafting an Effective B2B SEO Blogging Strategy Derek Edmond | Mar 4, 2011 | 0 Comments Search engine marketers frequently recommend blogging as a tactic for achieving search engine optimization ( SEO ) goals. Before jumping on that bandwagon, consider two points.

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NOVEMBER 30, 2010

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Marketing Insider Group

JULY 21, 2010

The study shows that there are specific keyword combinations used dependent upon the buying stage of the person searching on Google. While this study was focused on IT Buyers, the implications for the B2B Marketer should be relevant across the prospect universe no matter which industries you serve.

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Marketing Insider Group

DECEMBER 14, 2010

It wasn’t inspired by anything other than the main challenges of my peers across the diverse world of corporate B2B Marketing. Challenging conventional wisdom in a respectful way can lead to the kind of insights that most people miss. In the marketing strategy post I referenced above, I mention an old boss.

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Marketing Insider Group

JUNE 24, 2010

What does all this mean to the B2B marketer? I will suggest the top 6 opportunities for mobile marketing and the steps you should take now. With this list of opportunities to consider and steps to take, you are now ready to show your peers you are ahead of the game with the next hottest trend in marketing.

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Marketing Insider Group

OCTOBER 26, 2010

Maybe Marketing isn’t as bad a death or taxes but sometimes it feels like it. So how do we pull Marketing out of its downward spiral: the same way we deal with death and taxes. Now I know that 2011 planning season is in full swing. Related Posts: How To Focus On Your Marketing Plan Whatever Happened to Marketing Strategy?

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Marketing Insider Group

NOVEMBER 2, 2010

It was Frank Sinatra singing “ White Christmas “ It’s a great time to be a marketer: Toys R’ Us sent their first toy catalogue this past weekend. Plus one shameless backlink to a story of my own on marketing planning. Share: Read more from Strategy marketing plan Click here to cancel reply.

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